ANDY MURRAY last night savoured Olympic gold and insisted it can help break his major duck.

The Scot swept aside Roger Federer 6-2 6-1 6-4 in an astonishingly one-sided final at Wimbledon and believes the manner of his victory can take him all the way to even more glory at the very pinnacle of the sport.

Murray will jet to the States tomorrow afternoon to prepare for the US Open later this month – and believes he’s now better placed than ever after avenging his Wimbledon heartache against Federer in such an emphatic fashion.

He said: “That defeat four weeks ago was tough to take but I was still able to learn from it and not just look at it as another Grand Slam final blown.

“I’ve actually used it in the right way to become a better player. I hope I showed that by winning Olympic gold.”

Murray also hailed coach Ivan Lendl for his input as he reflected on the greatest triumph of his career.

He said: “I spoke with Ivan before this match about using what happened here previously in the right way instead of negatively, which I’ve certainly done in the past after a few of the Grand Slam finals.

“I’ve learned from all of those defeats, the Wimbledon final especially, and it all went into this match. I hope this experience will make me a better player as well. I hope come the time of the US Open this will have given me the confidence to go in there and believe in myself a bit more than I have in the past. I want to give myself a shot at winning there.

“I’ve played very well at the US Open in the past and always enjoying playing on that surface and on the Arthur Ashe court. I hope I can have a good run there.

“But I have to be careful not to do too much in the next couple of weeks and pace myself going in there because it has been a long couple of months.”

Murray missed out on a second gold in the doubles when he returned to Centre Court later in the day alongside Laura Robson. The duo won the first set 6-2 against Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi of Belarus but lost the second 6-3 then crashed 10-8 in a champions’ tiebreak.